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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton to discuss bilateral ties in Georgia

© RIA Novosti . Alexei Nikolskiy / Go to the mediabankClinton is scheduled to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, other high ranking officials and representatives of opposition parties
Clinton is scheduled to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, other high ranking officials and representatives of opposition parties - Sputnik International
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Georgia on Monday as part of her trip to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region to discuss bilateral relations.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Georgia on Monday as part of her trip to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region to discuss bilateral relations.

Clinton is scheduled to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, other high ranking officials and representatives of opposition parties.

David Jalagania, a Georgian deputy foreign minister, said earlier that Clinton will also discuss issues within the framework of the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership.

The Charter between Georgia and the United States aimed at increasing cooperation in defense, trade, energy and other areas was signed in January 2009 in Washington.

Georgia is the last country during Clinton's Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region tour. She has already visited Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

The deputy speaker of the Georgian parliament, Gigi Tsereteli said that "the key issues to be discussed are our stability and security."

During her visit to Armenia Clinton said that the United States was on the Georgian side concerning the Russian-Georgian armed conflict in 2008, but the United States and Russia would closely cooperate.

Long-standing tensions between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia turned violent during a five-day war in August 2008, when Tbilisi attacked South Ossetia, where most residents are Russian passport holders, in an attempt to bring it back under central control.

 

TBILISI, July 5 (RIA Novosti)

 

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